27 February 2017 – At the inauguration of Dr Thabo Mbeki as Unisa’s chancellor, Minister Blade Nzimande lauded the former president, saying Mbeki had distinguished himself as a philosopher and leading thinker, and was known for his repositioning of Africa and South Africa as prominent international economic and political role-players. Full speech.

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Universities recorded an enrolment increase of close on 25%, rising to 180,823 students in 2013.